Egg-shipping container.



F. KOHT.

EGG SHIPPING CONTAINER.

APPUCATION msn JAN. o, 1916.

Patented May 30,1916.

THE COLUMBl\ PLANOGRAPH LD., WASHINGTON. D. C.

FRANK KOHT, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

EGG-SHIPPING CQNTAINEB.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 10, 1916. Serial Ne. 71,296. i

To all 'whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, FRANK KOHT, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Poll( and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eg Shipping Containers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for receiving, containing and carrying eggs in such manner as thoroughly to pack and protect said eggs against breakage and at the 'same time permit of transporting the same by parcel post, express carriage, and the like.

A further object of this invention is to provide a cheap and convenient container adapted to receive, contain and deliver eggs to a Consumer.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for closing, but not scaling, a package containing eggs and the like, in such manner as to permit of mailing the same by parcel post and for convenient examination during transit.

My invention consists in the Construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan of the complete device, dotted lines indicating a dozen eggs contained therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the same device. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the device on the indicated line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the dotted lines indicating a fillor and the adjusted position of movable parts.

In the Construction of the device as shown, the numeral 10 designates a rectangular box, preferably made of light and strong material such as wood and formed with a closed bottom and open top. A cushioning member 11, identical in Construction with the lowermost cushioning member shown and described in my application for patent filed June 27, 1914:, Serial Number 847516, is mounted loosely in and rests on the bottom of the box 10. The cushioning member 11 is formed with a plurality of spaced and downwardly-projecting egg-seats 12 and each seat is adapted to receive and support one egg 13 out of contact with each other egg. A tray 14, preferably made of cushioning material such as straw-board, paper or the like, is mounted in inverted postion on the cushioning member 11 and the margn of said tray engages and rests on the margin of the member 11. The bottom 15 of the tray engages the eggs 13 and slightly presses them into the seats 12, and said seats hold said eggs out of contact with the bottom of the box 10. A rod 16, preferably made of round wire, is mounted longtudinally of and about on the median line of the box 10. The rod 16 is formed with like cranks 17, 18 on its ends and the short arms of said cranks are pivoted in the ends of the box on a line parallel with and adjacent to the bottom of the tray 14. A spring lever is fulcrumed at one end to one end of the box 10 adjacent to the bottom of said box and at the other end said lever is pivoted to the rod 16 adjacent to the crank 17. The spring lever is formed with a spring coil 20 intermediate of its ends, which coil tends to bring the arms of the lever together. It is the function of the spring lever 19 to hold the rod 16 against the bottom of the tray under yielding pressure so as to hold said tray toward the cushioning member and retain the eggs in the seats firmly. It is the further function of the spring lever 19 to hold the rod in open position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, when so adjusted manually.

The eggs may be packed and inclosed as shown and be shipped or stored safely in such manner. When delivery is to be made to a Consumer, such as by a retail Vender, the eggs are carried to the place of delivery in the package as shown; then the rod 16 is oscillated into open position; then 'the package is inverted so that the tray rests on one hand of the operator or on a table; then the box and cushioning member 11 are lifted away from the tray and the eggs are left in said tray. The tray is cheap and forms a convenient receptacle in which to 'leave the eggs with the Consumer.

I claim as my invention- 1. An egg-shipping container, comprising a receptacle, a cushioning member therein, a tray overlying said cushioning member, saidtray being in inverted position, and a spring-held rod located wholly within and pivoted in said receptacle and adapted to engage said tray yieldingly.

2. An egg-shipping container, comprising a rectangular receptacle formed with an open top, a cushioning member mounted in said receptacle, said cushioning member being formed with a plurality of egg-seats,

Patented May 36, 1916.

an inverted tray overlyiig said cushioning member and adapted to engage the eggs therein, and yielding-pressure devices locushioning member in said container, a tray in inve rted position on said cushioning member, a cra nk-rod located wholly within and pivoted to said receptacle and adapted to be moved through an are from seid tray out of seid receptaele, and :L single spring pivoted in said receptacle and acting on said rod to :Lpply yielding pressure to said tray.

4. An egg-shipping container comprisng a receptacle formed with an open top, a cushioning member in said receptacle, a tmy in inverted position on said cushioning member, a crank-rod located wholly within and pivoted at its ends in the wall of said receptacle, the body of said rod extending across the tmy, and a spring level' located wholly within and fulcrmed on the wall of the receptacle and pivoted to the rod, where'y said rod is held in open 01' closed positi n and caused to apply pressure on said tmy nt times.

FRANK KOHT. VVitnesses:

' J. H. BECKER,

C. M. RoUsH.

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